ASTEROIDS AND METEROIDS
This term describes a small fragment of rock or metal in space that is smaller than an asteroid.
What is a meteorite?
What is the Sun primarily composed of?
What is hydrogen and helium?
This spacecraft was the first to land humans on the Moon in 1969.
What is Apollo 11?
What is the primary purpose of a telescope?
What is to observe distant objects in space?
What is the name of the fourth planet from the Sun, known for its reddish appearance?
What is Mars?
What is the name of the event when many meteoroids enter the atmosphere and produce a spectacular display of shooting stars?
What is a meteor shower?
This is the galaxy in which our Solar System is located.
What is the Milky way?
The name of the suit astronauts wear to protect themselves in space.
What is a Spacesuit
This type of telescope uses lenses to gather and focus light.
What is a refracting telescope?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
What is the primary material that makes up most asteroids?
What is rock and metal?
This term describes the surface layer of the Sun, which we can see with the naked eye.
What is the photosphere?
This space telescope, launched in 1990, has provided stunning images of distant galaxies and nebulae.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
This famous scientist’s telescope discoveries helped prove that the Earth orbits the Sun, rather than the other way around.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
What do we call the natural satellites that orbit planets?
What are moons?
What are 2 of the 3 broad categories that classify meteorites?
What is mostly rock, mostly metal, mix of both
This type of star is the final stage of a massive star’s life cycle, often resulting in a big explosion.
What is a supernova?
This international laboratory orbits Earth and allows scientists from many countries to conduct experiments in space.
What is the International Space Station (ISS) ?
This type of telescope uses mirrors to collect and focus light, allowing for larger apertures.
What is a reflecting telescope?
his planet has a prominent ring system and is known as the "Gas Giant."
What is Saturn?
Name the famous asteroid that was visited by NASA's spacecraft, which provided insights into its composition.
What is Vesta?
This is the effect called when the Sun’s gravity holds the solar system together.
What is gravitational pull?
What type of spacecraft is designed to explore and collect data from other planets or celestial bodies?
What is a probe?
This scientist improved the telescope in the early 1600s, allowing him to observe the moons of Jupiter.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This is the term for a group of stars that form a recognizable patter
What is Constellation ?